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IN THE YEARS AGONE
Dec. 23,1887
• It has been decided to
hold a fair for the purchase
and sale of horses in Brus-
sels on the first Th ursday in
every month.
• Master Edward J. Craw-
ford, aged 18,
recently threshed for Mr.
James McConnell on lot 31,
13th concession of Hullett,
32 1/2 bushels of oats with
a flail in one day. Who can
beat this?
• At the last meeting of the
West End Tuckersmith
Farmer's Club, the subject
"resolved that liquor is a
greater evil than tobacco,"
was discussed. Wm. Elcoat,
negative, and Frank
McDonald, affirmative,
were captains and being
followed by a good number
of other
speakers a very lively
debate took place. Th e
president Mr. Wm. Lands -
borough, occupied the
chair and gave decision in
favour of the negative, as
there was a greater number
of points brought forward
by this side.
• Mr. Peter McEwen, of
McKillop, and Mr. Wm.
Campbell of Harpurhey,
returned from their hunting
expedition to Muskoka on
Friday last. Although they
were both hunting in the
same township each was on
his own hook. Mr. McEwen
was away a month and suc-
ceeded in bagging 12 very
fine animals. The best streak
of luck he had was to shoot
four, one right after the
other. He had shot three in
this way before. Mr. Camp-
bell, who was gone about six
weeks got 16. Th ey are all
very fi ne animals. Both gen-
tlemen, however, report
game is scarce this fall.
Dec. 20, 1912
• The old Presbyterian
Church building in Walton,
which was sold by auction
last week, was purchased
by Mr. George Williamson
for $240 and the wood fur-
naces by Mr. William
McCall for $26.
• On Th ursday evening of
last week fi re broke out in
Harpurhey in a house
belongng to Mr. James
McNamara and the house
and contents were con-
sumed. The fi re is sup-
posed to be the result of a
defective chimney or an
overheated stovepipe. Mr.
McNamara was living in the
house at the time, and had
retired for the night. When
he awoke he found the
house full of smoke and
blazing around the chim-
ney. The night was quite
windy and the
fi re spread so rapidly that
all eff orts to save the build-
ing were unavailing. There
was some insurance on the
house but none on the
contents.
• There will be given in
Cardno's Opera
House in Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings, Dec.
24 and 25, the great photo
play "Queen Elizabeth" by
Mme. Bernardt's company.
This photo play will be one
of the events of the season,
compromising over 4,000
feet of film.
• Mr. J.W. Beattie this week
sold a very fine young
shorthorn bull to Mr. Ed
Jarman of the Huron Road
Tuckersmith. It is a roan,
two years old and was sired
by Royalist. His is a very
promising animal and will
be a valuable addition to
the Jarman herd as well as
an advantage to the neigh-
bourhood. The price paid
was $100.
Dec. 24, 1937
• Santa Claus arrived in
town on Wednesday and
played host to nearly 600
boys and girls of the dis-
trict, presenting each with a
stocking filled with candy,
nuts and an orange.
• Immediate action is
being taken by the Seaforth
Public School Board to
ensure the safety of the
building. Chairman John
Hotham of the board told
The Expositor Wednesday.
Reports current in town -
during the past week have
indicated that the building
wasin a dangerous condi-
tion and was in need of
immediate attention. The
building is over 70 years
old.
• Th e Lions Club gratefully
acknowledges the receipt of
a cheque which will assist
materially in providing
Christmas cheer for the
needy families in town.
Dec. 27,1962
• Construction of a new
substation was advanced a
stage when the Public Utili-
ties Commission at a recent
meeting cleared plans for
the $20,000 structure.
• Christmas is just another
day at Scott
Memorial and activities
continued on a 24-hour day
basisover the holiday sea-
son. "If there was any diff
erence it was that we were
busier than usual," Mrs. V.
Drope the hospital superin-
tendent said. Increasing
demand of accommoda-
tion at the hospital is part
of a trend that has been
apparent for some time,
board members were told
as they considered Novem-
ber occupancy reports.
Mrs. Drope said occupancy
in medical and surgical
reached 123.1 per cent of
authorized accommoda-
tion during November.
• There will be a great big
bonfi re in Seaforth next
week. The Chamber of
Commerce, in cooperation
with the fi re brigade, is
sponsoring a Christmas
tree clean up, and trees col-
lected across town will go
up in smoke on Saturday
night, Jan. 5.
Dec. 23, 1987
• High winds wrought
destruction in the Seaforth
area Tuesday when trees
and power poles were
knocked down during an
icy storm.
• Two Seaforth women got
once in a lifetime Christ-
mas presents this Decem-
ber. Gloria Glanville and
Marjorie Rock ran into
some big money with lot-
tery tickets when Glanville
scratched and won an
instant $10,000 when she
bought a Match 3 Sweeps
ticket on her way to work
and Rock won $1,000 on
Wintario.
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